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The Rebel Son (1938)

The Rebel Son poster
Directed by
Albert de Courville, Adrian Brunel
Genre
adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 17th century Ukraine, a Cossack leader named Taras Bulba raises his two sons with strict values. His younger son falls in love with a Polish woman, setting off conflicts between personal desire and family loyalty.

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What happens

The Rebel Son (also known as The Barbarian and the Lady and The Rebel Son of Taras Bulba ) is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working of Aleksey Granovsky's 1936 French film adaptation of the 1835 Russian novel Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol, set in the 17th century Ukraine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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